oliphant
English
Alternative forms
- olifant, olyfaunte, olyphant, oliphaunt
Etymology
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman oliphant (“ivory, elephant”) and Old French oliphant (“ivory, elephant, musical horn of ivory”), from Latin elephantus (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, “ivory, elephant”).
Noun
oliphant (plural oliphants)
- (archaic and historical) An elephant.
- An ancient ivory hunting horn.
Old French
Noun
oliphant m (oblique plural oliphanz or oliphantz, nominative singular oliphanz or oliphantz, nominative plural oliphant)
- Alternative form of olifan